In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.
El Grito Sagrado (The Silent Call) is a fictionalized retelling of Argentina's fight for independence from Spain. The story is "personalized" by being related through the eyes of Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson y Mendeville, played by popular Latin American leading lady Fanny Navarro. Rebelling...
Isaac Albéniz was a child prodigy, and the victim of a tyrannical father. He flees from his house, to America. He returns to his country years later, where he achieves international fame and the attention of many women.
The political career of Juan Manuel de Rosas, twice Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires (1829-1832 and 1835-1852), who also ruled the Argentine Confederation during his second term in office.
